Classical Mechanics Including an Introduction to the Theory of Elasticity /

• Main Author: Hentschke, Reinhard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Classical Mechanics.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.

This textbook teaches classical mechanics as one of the foundations of physics. It describes the mechanical stability and motion in physical systems ranging from the molecular to the galactic scale. Aside from the standard topics of mechanics in the physics curriculum, this book includes an introduc...

Table of Contents:

• Mathematical Tools
• Laws of Mechanics
• Least Action for One Coordinate
• Principle of Least Action
• Integrating Equations of Motion
• Rigid-Body Motion
• Canonical Mechanics
• Many-Particle Mechanics
• Theory of Elasticity.